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October 31, 2025
Happy Halloween from the Won lab!
Oct 31, 20251 min read


October 24, 2025
The Won lab has disseminated its recent findings at several conferences. Jiseok presented a poster at ASHG; Hyejung and Jessica shared their work at WCPG; and Katherine and Hyunggyu presented their posters at IGVF. Katherine’s poster was also selected for a lightning talk — well done, everyone!
Oct 24, 20251 min read


September 29, 2025
Alejandro won the 2025 Art in Science Competition at the UNC School of Medicine. Together with Ariana, he submitted an image titled...
Sep 29, 20251 min read


September 10, 2025
The Won Lab celebrated recent achievements with delicious Peruvian food at Mi Peru! Our lab was awarded new grants from the McKnight...
Sep 10, 20251 min read


September 9, 2025
Katherine wins NRSA (F31) award from NIAAA! She is pioneering efforts to develop in vivo MPRA to study the regulatory activity of...
Sep 9, 20251 min read


August 19, 2025
Congratulations to Hyunggyu, Jingying, and Tatiana on passing their written qualifying exams!
Aug 19, 20251 min read


July 17, 2025
Together with David Shechner at UW, Hyejung has been awarded the prestigious McKnight Neurobiology of Brain Disorders Award! Huge...
Jul 17, 20251 min read


July 14, 2025
Jessica was selected as an Early Career Investigator Program (ECIP) awardee at the 2025 World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG)!...
Jul 14, 20251 min read


June 3, 2025
Alejandro successfully passed his oral qualifying exam with an outstanding presentation that unanimously impressed his committee members....
Jun 3, 20251 min read
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